How can you creatively introduce yourself to the class in 2 minutes or less?
Purpose
For students to use technology to inform the class about themselves (likes,dislikes, strengths, weaknesses, pet-peeves, challenges and triumphs). Serves as an in depth learning style inventory at the beginning of school and builds classroom morale and community.
Building off of summer reading, biography, autobiography or memoir. Students are reading other people's stories about how they have come to "define" or "find" themselves. This project will help students internalize and reflect on what they have read to create an introduction to their own biography.
Values
This project communicates that teachers value and embrace the diversity among students and capitalize on the talents and strengths of all students. We all have talents to share and can learn from each other.
Techniques
Think Pair Share discussion about how students were similar to or different than the person or people they read about during their summer reading
"Hook" students with a School of Rock clip, TED video, Angela Maiers: YouMatter video
Poll Everywhere ("What is one word that describes you?")
Online Learning Style Inventory
Draft: Digital Literacy Instructional Plan
Learners: K-12
Self: Secondary English and Special Education
Context:Beginning of school year or class
Community:Any new group of learners
PURPOSE
This project will serve as an in depth learning style inventory for teachers as well as a community building activity for students as they transition into a new school year or class.
Learning Objectives: Students will know and be able to
Explore and synthesize a variety of media sources to determine their sense of self as a __ learner
Explore and utilize media genres to create a product to represent themselves within a diverse classroom of learners
Standards
W.9-10-6Production and Distribution of Writing. Students use technology, including the internet to produce, publish and update individual or shared writing products, taking advantage of technology's capacity to link to other information and to display information flexibly and dynamically
RH.9-10.7Integration of Knowledge and Ideas. Students integrate and evaluate content presented in diverse formats and media, including visually and quantitatively as well as in words.
Use your purpose, content, and pedagogical strategies to inform the design of your
TASK/ACTIVITY (includes compelling question and possible scenario):
Students will complete a series of activities that allows them to explore various sources of digital media that helps structure their thinking about who they are as _ learners. (Formative Assessment for teachers)
Students will choose from a variety of media genres to create a presentation to show the class as a way to represent themselves as___ learners and document the diversity that exists among the class.
Model project expectations (show teacher examples) as a way to alleviate any potential student misconceptions and facilitate a classroom culture grounded in a mutual respect for diversity from the start.
Encourage active student participation using PollEverywhere to answer the question: "What is one word to describe your genius?"
"Hook"/ Motivate students using a Gooru collection
Tools:
Gooru
PollEverywhere
Glogster
LolioNote
ASSESSMENT
Work Products
Students will choose from a menu of presentation tools to create a product that depicts themselves as a ___ learner
ERICA DEVOE & AMY STILL
Pre-Production Plan: Who am I?
How can you creatively introduce yourself to the class in 2 minutes or less?Purpose
For students to use technology to inform the class about themselves (likes,dislikes, strengths, weaknesses, pet-peeves, challenges and triumphs). Serves as an in depth learning style inventory at the beginning of school and builds classroom morale and community.Audience
K-12Genre
Multimedia (video, prezi, screencast, glogster, loilo)Key Content
Building off of summer reading, biography, autobiography or memoir. Students are reading other people's stories about how they have come to "define" or "find" themselves. This project will help students internalize and reflect on what they have read to create an introduction to their own biography.Values
This project communicates that teachers value and embrace the diversity among students and capitalize on the talents and strengths of all students.We all have talents to share and can learn from each other.
Techniques
Think Pair Share discussion about how students were similar to or different than the person or people they read about during their summer reading"Hook" students with a School of Rock clip, TED video, Angela Maiers: YouMatter video
Poll Everywhere ("What is one word that describes you?")
Online Learning Style Inventory
Draft: Digital Literacy Instructional Plan
Learners: K-12
Self: Secondary English and Special Education
Context:Beginning of school year or class
Community:Any new group of learners
PURPOSE
Learning Objectives: Students will know and be able to
Standards
Use your purpose, content, and pedagogical strategies to inform the design of your
TASK/ACTIVITY (includes compelling question and possible scenario):
CONTENT
http://bit.ly/12HwDAy
Gooru curated instructional sequence
Topics:
Texts:
PEDAGOGY
Instructional Strategies:
Tools:
ASSESSMENT
Work Products
- Students will choose from a menu of presentation tools to create a product that depicts themselves as a ___ learner
SECONDARY (9-12) STUDENT EXAMPLE -http://www.glogster.com/mrsdevoe/summer-institute/g-6kkkgnt8v8623gl9cgda4a0
ELEMENTARY/MIDDLE EXAMPLE (K-6) -
See Amy's Loilo example
How Measure?
Glogster
Video
Lolio
Screencast
Prezi